Articles tagged as: Medicaid
December 30, 2025
Federal government sends $200 million to Indiana to support rural healthcare
Indiana to receive $200 million from federal government for rural healthcare. But health experts say those funds are unlikely to offset the estimated $137-billion cut to Medicaid spending in rural areas from Trump's tax and spending bill passed in July.
Read MoreDecember 19, 2025
New forecast shows big growth in Indiana surplus
Medicaid eligibility checks result in large decrease in enrollment
Read MoreNovember 20, 2025
Trapped inside the 'scariest place' — a psychiatric hospital in Indiana
A mother's search for answers about her daughter's detention brought to light longstanding concerns, documented in records and interviews, about oversight and care at a chain of psychiatric hospitals based in Indiana.
Read MoreNovember 13, 2025
State kicking MDwise from Indiana Medicaid program
Some 300,000 people covered by Indiana’s Medicaid program will have less than two months to change their health insurance company as state officials are kicking MDwise off the provider list.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2025
"It will be devastating for me." People with disabilities could face significant cuts under Indiana's waiver changes
People with disabilities could face significant cuts to therapy services if Indiana’s proposed changes to Medicaid waivers are approved.
Read MoreJuly 18, 2025
Program to protect mentally ill from abuse is slated for cuts. Experts are worried
Proposed cuts could leave a program meant to protect individuals with mental illness from harm at risk of curtailed services and loss of staff.
Read MoreJuly 17, 2025
FSSA reopens Medicaid waiver slots, but only covers a fraction of Hoosiers on waitlists
Previously closed slots for Indiana's Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Indiana Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-third of the 13,000 people still on the waitlist for home- and community-based health services.
Read MoreJuly 16, 2025
Rural hospitals issue warning in wake of federal cuts
Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President Donald Trump's budget bill.
Read MoreJuly 7, 2025
HIV community faces a double whammy: Medicaid reductions and CDC funding cuts
As Midwest cities like Indianapolis struggle with an HIV epidemic, federal support is being curtailed.
Read MoreJuly 3, 2025
New council to give Indiana Medicaid members, caregivers 'dedicated opportunities' to advise state
Hoosiers enrolled in Medicaid – and their family members or caregivers – may have a chance to directly contribute to policy and administrative discussions. The Family and Social Services Administration is accepting applications for the Beneficiary Advisory Council.
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